Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-548

EDU 548

Accurate accounting of late-enrolled students

Mr. Welch moved that the proposed new text be amended moved that the bill be amended by adding the following new section:-

“SECTION XX. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, when determining the foundation budget for the upcoming fiscal year, the Department of Education shall consider students newly enrolled, as participants in the McKinney-Vento program, between October 1st and March 1st of the academic year.”